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Volunteer Opportunities

  • Haas Center for Public Service
    The Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University connects academic study with community and public service to strengthen communities and develop effective public leaders.

  • Office of Science Outreach
    The OSO provides resources and links to several science related volunteer opportunities in the community. Read about them on their web site, then contact the program director for more information on how to get involved.

  • Sally Ride Science Festival
    Sally Ride Science Festivals are annual events that bring together hundreds of middle school girls for a festive day of science and socializing. Each festival features:

    • A keynote by astronaut Sally Ride;
    • Workshops for girls, given by local veterinarians, astronomers, microbiologists, and engineers;
    • Workshops for parents and teachers on ways to support girls' interests in science and math;
    • A street fair with cool hands-on activities, booths, food, and music.
    • Make slime, control a robot, and look through a telescope!

  • Science Bus
    The Science Bus is a science education program developed and coordinated by Stanford Graduate Students in Engineering and the Sciences, and in cooperation with the Administration of the East Palo Alto Charter School. The goal of the Science Bus is to encourage student interest in science and technology through the exploration of examples from our everyday life in a weekly series of interactive demonstrations, experiments, and projects. Science Bus volunteers donate approximately five hours each week to our students, and are among the most popular visitors to the school. For more information or to get involved, please visit the Science Bus Website.

  • Expanding Your Horizons
    The annual one day conference, held at San Jose State University in March, hosts 700-800 girls each year and is a great success at encouraging young women's interest in science and math, engineering and computer science. It also helps form personal contacts for these girls with women working in traditionally male occupations. Volunteers design and present workshops to girls in 6th to 9th grades from our area. If you would like to develop a workshop or learn more about the program, contact workshop coordinator Kathy Land (eyhland@yahoo.com) for more information.

  • Eastside Science Fair Mentor
    Middle school students at Eastside College Preparatory School are paired with mentors from Stanford who aid in the development of their science fair projects. The mentoring process usually begins in October and lasts through the science fair in April. This community outreach program is sponsored by the Center of Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA). For more information, contact the CPIMA Education Director, Dr. Marni Goldman (marni@chemeng.stanford.edu).

  • Mentor a K-12 Science Teacher
    K-12 science teachers come to Stanford for 8 weeks during the summer to work on research projects. They are integrated into research groups and paired with a graduate student or post-doctoral mentor. At the end of the summer the teachers present posters on their research. They also develop a plan for transfer their summer experience (can be process or content) to their classroom. This Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program is sponsored by the Center of Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA). For more information, contact the CPIMA Education Director, Dr. Marni Goldman (marni@chemeng.stanford.edu).

  • 49ers Academy
    The 49ers Academy serves 6th, 7th and 8th grade students who benefit from a small, nurturing and personalized environment. Our population is primarily made up of low-income minority youth and it is safe to say that many of the kids served by the Academy exhibit high-risk behaviors. These children are often characterized as hard to reach and hard to teach. Our goal, quite simply, is to keep these kids in school and to prepare them to be life-long learners! There are two areas in which we need volunteer help:

    • 1. Tutoring: Tutors are paired with individuals or small groups of students.
    • 2. Stanford Science Group: Stanford students work with 6th and 7th grade teachers to plan, develop and do hands-on science experiments.

    Time commitment is one hour per week. Contact: Heather Turoczi, Program Director, Communities in Schools 49ers Academy, 2086 Clarke Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303. (650) 614-4319. heather_49ersacademy@hotmail.com

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  • Against the Grain

    Harvard president Lawrence Summers set off a firestorm when he said that women have less innate scientific ability then men. Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett, authors of Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs, discuss the questionable science behind such claims with host Sasha Lilley.

  • Transcript of the Summers remarks
 


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